February 2017

Belmont Public Library

146 Main Street · PO Box 308 · 267-8331

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WE NEED YARN!
The Craft and Laugh group is planning to yarn-bomb the library during the month of March. We could use some of your stash. Just bring any extra yarn you have during February and join us in making the library more colorful during March.

2017 Belmont Reading Challenge news

The Library staff is tracking their reading too!

Sarah is in the lead, having crossed off six from her list already. Eileen has managed three, including the e-book challenge. We’re all working on finding books that qualify for the challenge that are already in the library collection. Katherine has put together multiple book lists to satisfy the romance-readers, and other staff members have added lists for books set in New Hampshire, or based on a fairy tale.

You can use one book to cross off multiple categories if you want. Or you can ratchet up the difficulty by using a book for only one category.

Novelist, the readers’ database the library subscribes to, can lead you in the right direction as well. It offers recommendations based on appeal factors: looking for a character-driven literary fiction or a fast-paced thriller? It’s all there! The staff will be happy to show you how it works.

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New Fiction

Lady Maybe Julie Klassen

A Love Transformed Tracie Peterson

The Woman in Cabin Ten Ruth Ware

The Bear and the Nightingale Katherine Arden

The Sleepwalker Chris Bohjalian

The Glow of Death (Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery, #11) Jane K. Cleland

Here I Am Jonathan Safran Foer

The Midnight Bell (Sean Dillon, #22) Jack Higgins

The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill (Tales from Ivy Hill, #1) Julie Klassen

Never Never James Patterson

The Obsidian Chamber Douglas Preston

The Mistress Danielle Steel

Her Every Fear Peter Swanson

The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead

Below the Belt (Stone Barrington #40) Stuart Woods

New NonFiction

Bead Sparkle: 120 Designs for Earrings, Necklaces, Bracelets & More Susan Beal

The Bridgebusters: The True Story of the Catch-22 Bomb Wing Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Every Dog: A Book of Over 450 Breeds Nancy Hajeski

Bathroom Upgrades

Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law: Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions Shae Irving

George Lucas: A Life Brian Jay Jones

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds Michael Lewis

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood Trevor Noah

Use Your Yardage!: 13 Stash-Busting Quilts from Top Designers

Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In Bernie Sanders

Books for Living Will Schwalbe

How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2-7 Joanna Faber

New DVDs

The accountant

Bridget Jones's baby

Cancer : the emperor of all maladies

Deepwater horizon

Denial

The dressmaker

Florence Foster Jenkins

The girl on the train.

The magnificent seven

The night manager. Season 1

Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children

Suicide Squad

Snowden

Sully

Zombieland

New Teen Books

Take the Key and Lock Her Up (Embassy Row, #3) Ally Carter

Fairest (The Lunar Chronicles, #3.5) Marissa Meyer

Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1) Veronica Roth

TodHunter Moon, Book Three: StarChaser Angie Sage

The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon

New J Fiction

In a Blink (Never Girls, #1) Kiki Thorpe

The Space Between (The Never Girls #2) Kiki Thorpe

A Dandelion Wish (The Never Girls, #3) Kiki Thorpe

One Crazy Summer (Gaither Sisters, #1) Rita Williams-Garcia

New J DVDs

Be My Valentine

The Easter Carol

Elana of Avelor

Storks

Middle school : the worst years of my life

New Picture Books

Time for Cranberries Lisl H. Detlefsen

Heart to Heart Lois Ehlert

Egg Kevin Henkes

Zoo Day Anne F. Rockwell

You Are Special, Daniel Tiger! Angela C. Santomero

The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Dr. Seuss

On the Go with Daniel Tiger: You Are Special, Daniel Tiger!; Daniel Goes to the Playground; Daniel Tries a New Food; Daniel's First Fireworks; Daniel's New Friend; Nighttime in the Neighborhood

New J NonFiction

Martin Luther Geraldine Elschner

A Kids' Guide to America's First Ladies Kathleen Krull

TIME for Kids Presidents of the United States

Urban Gorillas Christena Nippert-Eng

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Belmont Public Library

READING

CHALLENGE

o  A book based on a fairy tale

o  A National Book Award winner

o  A YA bestseller

o  A book you haven’t read since high school

o  A book set in New Hampshire

o  A book translated into English

o  A romance

o  A book set in Europe

o  A book that’s under 150 pages

o  A New York Times bestseller

o  A book that’s becoming a movie this year

o  A book recommended by someone you just met

o  A self-improvement book

o  A book you can finish in a day

o  A book written by a celebrity

o  A political memoir

o  A book at least 100 years older than you are

o  A book that’s more than 600 pages

o  A book from Oprah’s Book Club

o  A science fiction novel

o  A book recommended by a family member

o  A graphic novel

o  A book published in 2017

o  A book with a protagonist with your occupation

o  A book that takes place in the summer

o  A murder mystery

o  A dystopian novel

o  A book with a blue cover

o  A book of poetry

o  The first book you see in the library

o  A 20th century classic

o  An autobiography

o  A book about a road trip

o  A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with

o  A book that takes place on an island

o  A book that brings you joy

o  A book published in the decade you were born

o  An e-book or downloadable audiobook

-2017-

Belmont Public Library

READING

CHALLENGE

o  A book based on a fairy tale

o  A National Book Award winner

o  A YA bestseller

o  A book you haven’t read since high school

o  A book set in New Hampshire

o  A book translated into English

o  A romance

o  A book set in Europe

o  A book that’s under 150 pages

o  A New York Times bestseller

o  A book that’s becoming a movie this year

o  A book recommended by someone you just met

o  A self-improvement book

o  A book you can finish in a day

o  A book written by a celebrity

o  A political memoir

o  A book at least 100 years older than you are

o  A book that’s more than 600 pages

o  A book from Oprah’s Book Club

o  A science fiction novel

o  A book recommended by a family member

o  A graphic novel

o  A book published in 2017

o  A book with a protagonist with your occupation

o  A book that takes place in the summer

o  A murder mystery

o  A dystopian novel

o  A book with a blue cover

o  A book of poetry

o  The first book you see in the library

o  A 20th century classic

o  An autobiography

o  A book about a road trip

o  A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with

o  A book that takes place on an island

o  A book that brings you joy

o  A book published in the decade you were born

o  An e-book or downloadable audiobook

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